In a recent blog post, I wrote about the ‘fog of war’ and how an awesome business analyst provides clarity and reduces ambiguity. A good working definition for this ability is situational awareness which is defined by the US Coast Guard as: “Situational Awareness is...

What makes an awesome business analyst? To be an awesome Business Analyst (BA) you need to be a good BA with something special on top. You need to put your head above the parapet, take some risks and add extra special value to your organization. I’m assuming you’re...

Diversity in a project team, just like in society, can be a wonderful thing. Different people bring new ideas, fresh perspectives and wider opportunities to network and share different experiences. Differences need to be celebrated not marginalised but sometimes the...

I want to talk about the frustration that everyone involved with designing and building technology based solutions will have encountered at some stage. It goes someway to explain why Hubscope was conceived in the first place; as a tool for helping to solve this...

It’s no secret that many IT projects fail to deliver their promised benefits. Costs over run, delivery milestones slip and priority requirements are not addressed. Much has been written on the subject but fundamentally, in the oft repeated words from the 1967 film...